Today in History for Year 1517
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Months in Year 1517: January March April May June July August September October November
Historical Events
Results 1 - 10 of 10
Jan 22nd - Turks conquer Cairo
Mar 16th - Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen
Apr 13th - Osmaanse army occupies Cairo
May 19th - Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht
Jun 11th - Sir Thomas Pert reaches Hudson Bay
Jul 1st - 1st burning of Protestants at stake in Netherlands
Jul 1st - Inquisitor Adrian Boeyens (pope Adrianus VI) becomes cardinal
Jul 9th - Gelderse crowd robber murders population of Asperen
Aug 15th - Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
Oct 31st - Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 8 of 8
Jan 17th - Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes)
Jan 31st - Gioseffo Zarlino, composer
Jun 18th - Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (d. 1593)
Jun 29th - Rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist
Jul 10th - Odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Châtillon/bishop
Jul 25th - Jacques Peletier (du Mans), French poet/scientist
Aug 20th - Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)
Oct 18th - Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 7 of 7
Jan 1st - Hermann Vischer, the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies
Mar 26th - Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer
Apr 13th - Tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged
Sep 24th - Frederik IV, of Baden, bishop of Utrecht, dies
Oct 2nd - John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37
Oct 31st - Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472)
Nov 8th - Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros, cardinal/Chancellor of Castilia, dies
